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Croatia's Jan-July Tourist Numbers Drop 4.9% Y/Y, Overnights Down 4.5% Y/Y - Table

Sep 1, 2009, 2:58:57 PMArticle by Vera Borisova
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September 1 (SeeNews) - The number of tourists staying in Croatia through July fell by 4.9% on the year to 5.959 million, as overnight stays went down by 4.5% to 29.497 million, the Croatian Statistics Bureau said.

Croatia's Jan-July Tourist Numbers Drop 4.9% Y/Y, Overnights Down 4.5% Y/Y - Table

In July alone, the number of tourists dropped by an annual 2.05% to some 2.6 million and overnights decreased by 4.3% to 16.8 million, the bureau said.

Details follow:

Jan-July'09 Jan-July'08
Total tourist number 5,958,526 6,264,473
- Croatian tourists 959,037 1,088,375
- Foreign tourists 4,999,489 5,176,098
Total overnights 29,497,335 30,889,156
- Croatian tourists 3,320,598 3,750,905
- Foreign tourists 26,176,737 27,138, 251

Tourism is a key industry for Croatia, contributing around a fifth of the country's gross domestic product. The Adriatic country reported a rise in tourist numbers by 1.0% to 11.3 million last year. Overnights were up by 2.0% to 57 million.

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